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EV Central
MAY 5, 2025
Chery’s rough and ready iCar 4×4 electric brand has been locked-in for an Australian debut. Later on, iCar will even hatch a compact 4×4 ute, says Autocar, which also revealed the Chery-owned car-maker will be forced to rename itself ‘iCaur’ because Apple owns the trademark for iCar. 2025 iCar V23.
EV Central
APRIL 4, 2025
You might be a car-racist I’ve just returned from the Australian launch of the Jaecoo brand, the self-styled “premium SUV” arm of Chinese budget giant Chery. Chery, of course, only returned in 2023 after previously selling four-wheeled horrors here between 2011 and 2014. Oh, and there’s a cost-of-living crisis.
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EV Central
MAY 25, 2025
Is Haval soon to reveal a full electric small/medium SUV ready to challenge Chinese EV cheapies like the BYD Atto 3, Geely EX5, MG S5 EV and Chery Omoda E5? In Australia GWM boasts plug-in hybrid versions of its Cannon Alpha ute and Haval H6 SUV, but its sole full EV is the slow-selling Ora. More is needed, and soon.
EV Central
JANUARY 6, 2024
Due in the second quarter, the BYD Seal U is available globally as a plug-in hybrid EV (PHEV) and a fully electric model. The first of the BYD utes will be a plug-in hybrid that mates a 1.5-litre Chery Omoda 5 EV Chery Omoda 5 EV. None of which will be cheap, the Polestar 3 is priced from $132,900 before on-roads.
Baua Electric
JANUARY 22, 2024
Back in September, the EU launched an investigation into the Chinese EV industry, as European companies are struggling to compete with the cheap, high-tech Chinese imports, made by low-cost labor, entering the EU. Still, it’s no surprise that China-made EVs and batteries are becoming a big business outside of China, with BYD alone selling 1.6
EV Central
JUNE 6, 2025
That’s a big claim in a market segment not only brimming with regular hybrid options – Toyota RAV4, Kia Sportage, Nissan X-Trail among them – but a new breed of plug-in hybrids that allow owners to sample some EV running without walking away from the bowser. The MG HS Super Hybrid is certainly an impressive plug-in hybrid.
EV Central
NOVEMBER 25, 2022
Audi RS models – performance flagships set to pick up plug-in hybrid tech as early as 2021. Chery Omoda 5 – Aussie return of Chinese Chery brand kicks off with the Omoda 5, which gets a PHEV drivetrain. Chery has big plans for Australia. Ferrari 296 GTB plug-in hybrid sports car. Audi RS e-Tron GT.
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